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[published_date] Old Dutch Foods is recalling a flavour of its Ridgies chips over undeclared milk allergen. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) recall notice flags Ridgies Sour Cream, Green Onion & Bacon Flavour Potato Chips because milk allergen may be present but isn't declared on the label. "Do not use, sell, serve or distribute the…

[published_date] Wealthsimple says a security breach on Saturday leaked sensitive data of some of its clients, including social insurance numbers, financial details including account numbers, government IDs provided during the signup process and IP addresses. However, the investment management platform says no funds were stolen and that all accounts remain secure.  "We acted quickly and in…

[published_date] Low on power or data? Use CBC Lite for the latest wildfire news. The community of Anahim Lake has been ordered evacuated as wildfires burning along Highway 20, north and east of Bella Coola in central B.C., moved closer to homes overnight. It's part of a large number of evacuation orders issued by the Cariboo Regional District and the…

[published_date] The man police say killed his sister and attacked several others with a knife on Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba was out on bail. Court records show Tyrone Simard, 26, was charged with assault with a weapon and mischief for alleged offences that happened June 8. The records say a Winnipeg court granted…

[published_date] Canada's unemployment rate reached nearly its highest point since 2016 as the economy shed 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points in August to 7.1 per cent, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 were excluded, the data…

[published_date] U.S. job growth weakened sharply in August while the unemployment rate increased to nearly a four-year high of 4.3 per cent, confirming that labour market conditions were softening and sealing the case for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this month. The Labour Department's closely watched employment report on Friday also showed that the economy lost jobs…

[published_date] Canada's unemployment rate reached nearly its highest point since 2016 as the economy shed 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points in August to 7.1 per cent, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 were excluded, the data…

[published_date] The unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent in August — nearly the highest rate since 2016 — while the Canadian economy lost 66,000 jobs, according to new data from Statistics Canada. After the unemployment rate held steady in July at 6.9 per cent, it increased again last month, making it the highest the…

[published_date] The unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per cent and the Canadian economy lost 66,000 jobs in the month of August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The losses mostly affected workers between 25 to 54 years old, StatsCan said, while there was little change in youth employment. The figures are more dire than…

[published_date] Lululemon Athletica shares have plunged after it said it was slashing its annual profit forecast for the second quarter in a row, blaming weak U.S. business performance, as well as tariff costs. Shares of the Vancouver-based yogawear and clothing retailer maker, which also cut its annual sales forecast, were down about 17 per cent ahead of Friday's NASDAQ…

[published_date] First, they forced office workers to stay home, and we became acquainted with Google Teams, comfortably, in athleisure wear. Then they told some of us to come back, but only sometimes, and we had to remember how to wear pants just to have Teams meetings in half-empty offices. Now, some employers in both the private and public sector…

[published_date] A Chinese hacking group that may have stolen information from nearly every American "almost certainly" targeted a Canadian telecommunications company as well, according to a warning from Canada's cyber intelligence agency. The prowess of the Beijing-backed group often referred to as Salt Typhoon is back in the news after more than a dozen international government agencies…